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Ok, so you may or may not know this. But, I am an obsessive planner! I cant help myself and it has gotten a lot worse since having the kiddies! I think it all stems from my Dad, when we were younger and went to Walt Disney World he would take a print out itinerary and we would stick to it.
So as I mentioned the other day on social media sites, We have booked a holiday to Walt Disney World, Florida! I am beyond excited about it, Our whole family is Disney mad!
We had been looking for a while and had planned to go as a group of ten consisting of me, hubbie, Chester, Millie, my mum, my dad, my cousin, his wife, their two children. However, because of date restrictions due to my cousins children needing to go in half term we finally decided that they would go in half term and then as we could be more flexible we would find the best deal and go either October or November.
So after looking for a while my Dad found a really good deal staying in Disney’s new Art of Animation Resort. So after making sure everyone was happy to go and after getting the price down some more we booked it!
Chester will be five and Millie will be around 21 months and it will not only be there first time on an airplane but it will also be there first time to Walt Disney World! We all cant wait to see Disney through there eyes!
Because they will both be quite young when we go, I will of course need to do loads of planning! Ok, maybe that is just an excuse for me to plan haha! I have already got a note book dedicated to Walt Disney World planning and have started to use as many Disney forums as I can to get hints and tips.
Although we have been before, the last time being on our honeymoon nearly 6 years ago. I still think there is a lot that we need to do differently or find another way of doing things, because of the kiddies. I mean I do not think they are going to last until 1am in the parks?!
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| I am such a big kid!! |
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| Look how young Craig looks hahahaha |
We have not yet told Chester (and Millie) but I am starting to up there Disney intake bit by bit haha. We normally end up watching a Disney DVD at least once a week but so far it has been everyday since we booked! I imagine they will be super excited when we eventually tell them, I am not quite sure when that will be yet either! At the moment my thinking is to possibly get them a hand luggage sized bag each and fill it with Disney items/clues?!
So if anyone has any hints, tips, ideas or suggestions for any aspect of our Holiday I would love to hear them!
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We had the best ever holiday at Disneyland Florida when Dot was four and my neice was 11. I would say have a day between each park visit – the days are long and it’s good to have a day to recover between each visit. We stayed in a villa so on the days we weren’t at the parks there was a swimming pool for the kids to play in. We also visited a petting zoo, took a trip on a boat to see the alligators and had a morning horse riding while we were there – it’s not all about Disney. The shopping also is excellent!
Also, I would say take a pushchair, nothing expensive so it won’t matter if it gets broken. You can hire pushchairs in the parks, but then you’re a bit stuck if you go elsewhere and the kids get tired. Dot was glad of a pushchair as her little legs got so tired.
Finally, check the tickets available at places like WalMart when you get there (perhaps you could check their website before?) On the advice of a friend we waited until we got to Florida to buy our park tickets and we got a much better deal – less money and more days. Our tickets had enough visits on them to allow us to visit each of the parks and go back to the one we liked the best (Magic Kingdom of course). They also included visits to both water parks. And with the tickets we bought, they last for ever – we still have a day at one of the water parks to look forward to at some point in the future.
I hope you have a brilliant time, enjoy yourselves, it really is a fairytale place. The fireworks will make you cry, they are so beautiful.